Sensory Faculties
The five sensory pathways — hearing, touch, vision, taste, and smell — formed from the interaction of sattva and rajas as part of the organic universe.
The Five Sensory Faculties
The five jnanendriya (sensory faculties) are the pathways of perception formed from the interaction of sattva and rajas as part of the organic universe. They are: hearing, touch, vision, taste, and smell. Each sensory faculty corresponds to one of the five tanmatras and its associated element — hearing to sound/Ether, touch to touch/Air, vision to form/Fire, taste to taste/Water, and smell to odor/Earth.
Source: Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Chapter One: Shad Darshan (Six Philosophies of Life)
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